George Leslie, 15th Earl of Rothes

George William Evelyn Leslie, 15th Earl of Rothes (8 November 1809 – 10 March 1841) was the son of Henrietta Leslie, 14th Countess of Rothes and George Gwyther. He was christened on 14 December at Saint Mary-St Marylebone Road, St Marylebone, London, England.[1]

Leslie succeeded his mother Henrietta Anne, to the title Earl of Rothes, in 1819.

On 7 May 1831, he married Louisa Susannah Jane Anderson Morshead,[2][3] daughter of Henry Anderson Morshead, and they had issue:

  • Henrietta Anderson Morshead Leslie, 17th Countess of Rothes (18321886)
  • George William Evelyn Leslie, 16th Earl of Rothes (18351859)

References

  1. England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
  2. The Morning Post (London, Greater London, England); 16 Mar 1841, Page 5
  3. Walford, Edward (1869). The County Families of the United Kingdom Or, Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland ... R. Hardwicke. p. 839.
Masonic offices
Preceded by
James Forrest
Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Scotland

1840–1841
Succeeded by
Lord Frederick FitzClarence
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by
Henrietta Leslie

Earl of Rothes

1741–1742
Succeeded by
George Leslie


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